Definition of influence

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Influence (v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce..

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Small :: Small (superl.) Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business..
Boodle :: Boodle (n.) Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag.
Prepotent :: Prepotent (a.) Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant..
Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something..
Melt :: Melt (v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken..
Malignity :: Malignity (n.) Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud..
Look :: Look (v. t.) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition..
Sing :: Sing (v. t.) To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep..
Excitant :: Excitant (n.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant..
Letheonize :: Letheonize (v. t.) To subject to the influence of letheon.
Magnetize :: Magnetize (v. t.) To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence..
Exposure :: Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc..
Propitiation :: Propitiation (n.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor..
Etherization :: Etherization (n.) The state of the system under the influence of ether.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage..
Air :: Air (n.) That which surrounds and influences.
Wire-pulling :: Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue..
Solar :: Solar (a.) Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence..
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth..
Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
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